A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

"You" He grimaced, eyeing her up and down. "What happened to your face? Did you catch something? Are you sick?"

"That looks like some kind of contagious rash!" Silas exclaimed, dramatically putting himself between Calliope and Lisette.

"What's all this noise about?" Zelda walked in just then, catching Lisette's raised voice. She shot the group a suspicious look, her eyes finally landing on Lisette's face.

She recoiled a step, staring in disbelief. "Lisette, what happened to your face?"

"My face?" Lisette reached up to touch her cheek, but she didn't feel anything unusual. Seeing the horrified expressions on Valerian and Silas, she started to panic. She glanced around nervously, hesitated, and then bolted back to her

room.

A few seconds later, a blood-curdling scream echoed from down the hall.

glance, then looked over at Calliope, her voice sharp. "What's

anything?" Calliope sounded genuinely

interjected, crossing his arms. "If

eyes. Before she could respond, Silas leaned in, lowering his voice with mock seriousness. "By the way, Zelda, you might want to keep your distance. Lisette's rash

to this than met the eye, and she was pretty sure Silas had something

she pick it up from one of the dogs?" Zelda glared at Silas. "Mr. Myers, is this your

"Maybe it is. So

a whole speech prepared, but his attitude left her speechless. All

She'd caught a glimpse of

Callie caught that virus from a stray dog a few years back? You